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Light earthquake, 4.71 mag was detected near Charlotte Amalie in U.S. Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on November 26, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.2851S, -65.0535WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.71 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 105 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (65 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -65.0535° West, 19.2851° North, depth 34 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34 km (21 miles). The temblor was reported at 07:07:45 / 7:07 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/11/20 / 2020-11-26 07:07:45 / November 26, 2020 @ 7:07 am. Id of earthquake: pr2020331007. Event ids that are associated: us7000cjyr, pr2020331007.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 105 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.71 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.0535° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2851° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 105 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-26 07:07:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-26 08:17:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 341 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pr The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.3925 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 317 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr2020331007 Id of event.
Event Code 2020331007 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cjyr,pr2020331007, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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